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Fifteen minutes? Ben Saunders hates 15 minutes. He went the distance a month ago at Bellator 86 against Koffi Adzitso to advance to the Season 8 welterweight tournament semifinals, and he wasn’t happy about it.

Bellator MMA will make its first visit to Phoenix in September for Bellator 100. Promotion officials on Friday announced the card, which will feature the delayed Season 8 welterweight tournament final, plus the start of the Season 9 170-pound tourney.

If you missed Thursday’s Bellator 90 event, you missed two hours of carnage in the form of violent finishes and highlight-reel knockout blows, including Emanuel Newton’s shocking spinning-backfist knockout of tournament favorite Muhammed “King (…)

It was a night of finishes, and it was a night of upsets at Bellator 90. In what may wind up being the biggest upset of the year in MMA, Emanuel Newton knocked out “King Mo” Lawal, and Shahbulat Shamhalaev upset Rad Martinez.

Thursday’s featherweight tournament final, as well as four semifinal bouts, are official for Bellator 90 with weigh-ins complete for the card. All competitors eventually made weight for the show in Salt Lake City.

Next week’s Bellator 90 card is complete with six preliminary-card bouts ahead of a five-fight main card. The prelims include a bantamweight tournament qualifier between former WEC champion Chase Beebe and Travis Marx.

Bellator MMA Season 6 welterweight tournament finalist Bryan Baker will get another shot at tournament glory, as he is replacing an injured Brent Weedman in the promotion’s Season 8 welterweight bracket.